§ Mr. KirkwoodTo ask the Prime Minister if she will now consider convening an inter-departmental ministerial committee to consider the problem of poverty in Great Britain.
§ The Prime MinisterI have no plans to do so. The Government will continue to take account in all their policies of those with particular needs. The recent statement on benefits by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Social Security has directed further8W substantial help to the less well-off pensioners, the lower income families with children and the long-term sick and disabled.